Indoor swing.



J. W. GHLAD.

INDOOR SWING. 'A PPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 7, 1909.

Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

UNITED STATES PATENT or IoE.

JAMES W. CHLAD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

INDOOR SWING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

Applioation flled September 7, 1909. Serial No. 516,519.

' a simple and convenient portable swing that can be quickly andsecurely put up for use in a doorway of a room, and as readily takendown when required.

. A further object'of the invention resides in providing a swing of thecharacter named with an improved construction for suspending the seatbody from the support thereof and to this-end consists in the details ofconstruction and in the arrangement and combination of parts tobehereinafter more fully set forth and described.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings in which like characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in the several Views, and in which,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a door frame showing the improved swingsecured therein, a portion of the supporting rod of the swing being insection; Fig. 2, a fragmental detail view showing the connection betweenthe supporting rod and the suspension members which carry the swing seatat theirfree ends; Fig. 3, a view similar to Fig. l with a portion ofthe connection shown in section; Fig. 4, a detail fragmental Viewshowing one of the seat supporting rods which are secured to the freeends of corresponding pairs of suspension members, and the connectionbetween said rod and said members, one of said connections being shownin section; and Fig. 5, a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, A represents generally the swing support, Bthe suspension members and C the seat supporting rods which are carriedby the said suspension members at their free ends. The support A.consists of three telescoping parts 1, 2 and 3. The parts 1 and 3 are oftubular formation and may be constructed of any suitable material. Theouter end of each of the parts 1 and 3 is provided with a frictionorabutting block 4, which have their outer faces provided with a layerof suitable flexible material, preferably indiarubber, whereby injury tothe door casing between which the device is secured will be prevented.These blocks may be made either round, square or of any suitable shape.The inner wall of the tubular portion 3 is provided with an internalthread 5 into which is adapted to be secured a threaded end 6 of thepart 2. The inner wall of the part 1 is plain and the end 7 of the part2 is adapted to telescope into. the part 1. Intermediate its ends thepart 2 is enlarged to form a. projecting annular portion 8 the outerface of which registers with the outer face of the parts 1 and 3. Anaperture is formed transversely through the enlarged portion 8 in thepart 2 and has passed therethrough a handle 9. It will thus be obviousthat by rotating the part 2 through the medium of the handle 9 the parts1 and 3 may be forced away from each other by reason of the threadedvengagement between the inner wall of the part 3 and the threaded end 6of the' part 2 and the blocks 4 pressed against the door frame withgreat force so as to frictionally sustain the support A therebetween andthus effectually vious that a rotation of the part 2 in the otherdirection will release the blocks 4: from engagement with the door frameand easily permit the removal of the swing.

Dependin from the under side of the outer face 0 the parts 1 and 3 arethe spaced ears 10 and-11 and journaled between said ears on the bolt 12is a sleeve 13 provided with the flanged ends 14 and 15 to form acentral reduced portion on said sleeve. On

suspend the swing. It will be equally obthe lower side of said sleeve isformed a lug 16 for a purpose to be hereinafter described. Passed aroundthe central reduced portion of the sleeve so as to form an eye are theupper terminals of the suspension members 17 and 18. Between the upperterminal of w the suspension member 17 and the body portion thereofupon. which said terminal is bent there intervenes the lug 16 previouslydescribed. It will thus be obvious that any swinging movement impartedto the suspension members will produce a rotation of the sleeve 13 andthat no independent movement between said suspension member 17 and thesleeve 13 can be had. It will be equally obtion of the member 18 withrespectto the sleeve 13 can result. A nut 19 working on the threaded endof the bolt 12 serves to se-' cure the connectionjust described to thesupport A. By preventing any independent movement of the suspensionmembers 17 and 18 with relation to the sleeve 13 a substantiallynoiseless swivel connection is had as the journal bearing between thesleeve and the bolt may be oiled and a swinging movement had Withoutundue squeaking. The lower ends of each pairof suspension members 17 and18 are formed with eyes 20 and 21 adapted to receive the reduced ends 22of a seat support 23. The reduced end portions 22 of the seat support 23have their outer ends threaded for the reception of nuts 24 adapted 'tolock the suspension members 17 and 18 in assembled relation therewith.The seat support 23 is provided with transverse apertures 25 adapted toreceive asuitable projecting lug from the seat body (not shown) wherebysaid seat is secured supported therebetween.

What is claimed is;

In a swing, the combination of a supporting bar, a pair of spacedparallel ears depending from each end of said bar, a sleeve providedwith a peripheral lug journaled for rotation between each pair of ears,a pair of suspension members having their upper ends looped around saidsleeve so that the peripheral lug of the sleeve intervenes between theterminal of one of said suspension members and the body portion thereof,

and a carrying element connecting the ends of a suspension member ofeach pair.

ture,.in presence of two witnesses.

' JAMES W. GHLAD.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signa- Witnesses:

JAMES W. SEDLAOEK, FRANK CINATE.

